A company is using a mix of AWS and on-premises VMware infrastructure. They want to adopt IaC to manage both environments. Which tool is best suited for this?

Ansible, because it is a configuration management tool that works on-premises.

Terraform, because it has providers for both AWS and VMware.

A custom script that uses AWS CLI and VMware APIs.

AWS CloudFormation, because it is widely used and supports on-premises.

What is the key difference between declarative and imperative approaches to IaC?

Declarative requires more manual steps than imperative

Declarative specifies the desired end state; imperative specifies the steps to achieve it

Declarative is always easier to write than imperative

Declarative is used only for configuration management; imperative only for provisioning

Which of the following is a key benefit of Infrastructure as Code?

Guaranteed zero downtime during deployments

Removal of the need for cloud provider credentials

Consistency and repeatability of infrastructure deployments

Elimination of all security vulnerabilities

Which of the following best describes Terraform's approach to infrastructure management?

Imperative, because it uses a procedural language like Python

Imperative, because you write scripts that execute in order

Declarative, because it only manages configuration, not provisioning

Declarative, because you define the desired state and Terraform figures out the steps

What is Terraform's primary role in the IaC landscape?

A provisioning tool that manages infrastructure lifecycle across multiple cloud providers

A configuration management tool that installs software on existing servers

A CI/CD tool that automates application deployments

A monitoring tool that tracks the health of cloud resources

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